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Employment: total and by sex

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2021

4,812.3

Individuals - Tho...

1974

3,694.0

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Years	Sex
Years	Total	Males	Females
1974	3,694.0	2,227.5	1,466.5
1975	3,724.0	2,280.0	1,444.0
1976	3,789.0	2,332.5	1,456.5
1977	3,784.0	2,331.0	1,453.0
1978	3,772.0	2,339.5	1,432.5
1979	3,853.0	2,357.0	1,496.0
1980	3,924.5	2,400.5	1,524.0
1981	3,969.0	2,386.5	1,582.5
1982	3,958.5	2,375.5	1,583.0
1983	┴4,352.5	┴2,637.5	┴1,715.0
1984	4,288.1	2,588.0	1,700.1
1985	4,269.5	2,562.6	1,706.9
1986	4,289.1	2,569.0	1,720.1
1987	4,405.8	2,601.9	1,803.9
1988	4,512.8	2,639.3	1,873.6
1989	4,613.1	2,688.8	1,924.4
1990	4,717.5	2,723.7	1,993.8
1991	4,857.4	2,764.3	2,093.2
1992	┴4,543.1	┴2,548.7	┴1,994.4
1993	4,457.7	2,486.0	1,971.6
1994	4,449.2	2,472.7	1,976.4
1995	4,415.9	2,447.5	1,968.4
1996	4,444.9	2,458.9	1,986.0
1997	4,530.4	2,495.8	2,034.6
1998	┴4,848.4	┴2,694.7	┴2,153.7
1999	4,925.7	2,715.2	2,210.5
2000	5,041.3	2,774.6	2,266.7
2001	5,128.2	2,816.1	2,312.1
2002	5,143.8	2,814.1	2,329.7
2003	5,093.4	2,763.1	2,330.3
2004	5,062.3	2,736.5	2,325.8
2005	5,047.3	2,706.8	2,340.6
2006	5,079.0	2,725.1	2,354.0
2007	5,092.5	2,725.2	2,367.3
2008	5,116.6	2,725.3	2,391.3
2009	4,968.6	2,611.7	2,356.9
2010	4,898.4	2,569.3	2,329.1
2011	┴4,429.7	┴2,319.1	┴2,110.6
2012	4,223.6	2,176.4	2,047.2
2013	4,145.8	2,121.4	2,024.3
2014	4,267.4	2,175.4	2,092.0
2015	4,349.5	2,210.8	2,138.8
2016	4,429.9	2,249.3	2,180.6
2017	4,590.9	2,336.9	2,254.0
2018	4,718.7	2,392.7	2,326.0
2019	4,776.2	2,417.7	2,358.5
2020	4,683.7	2,353.6	2,330.1
2021	4,812.3	2,428.6	2,383.7

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-02-10
The figures presented have been revised by the responsible entity since 2011

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